Okay, so I know this probably isn't the most original fanfic. I have no idea how many other people have done this, nor do I have the desire to look it up. I don't even care if people read this or not. I'm writing this for me, and posting it in case other people want to enjoy it too.

This is a Harry Potter Muggleborn Headcanon fic, which means I went through tumblr posts that had muggleborn headcanons, liked a lot of them, and decided to write a fan fic about it. Again, I haven't looked up any fan fics like this, so if it's similar to someone else's that is unintentional. The writing and the characters are all me, but the headcanon ideas certainly aren't, and all come from various tumblr users. I try to credit the users I got the idea from. If I haven't credited you for an idea, or you don't want me to use your idea, PM me. I will add credit or edit my story accordingly.

I think that's it for now! Enjoy!

-Hayley


Sam's POV

You never expect the unexpected to happen. That's why it's called the unexpected, not the daily routine. I definitely wasn't expecting to get my letter, but I did, and it changed my life. If I hadn't gotten it, there'd be no reason for this story.

I had barely walked through the door when my mom called me to the kitchen, and pointed to the counter, where a single letter addressed to me was sitting, looking rather out of place. Thick parchment and wax seals aren't exactly common in modern-day England, but there it was, out of the ordinary and addressed to me; Samantha Jenkins. Underneath my name and above the address, it even said 'the kitchen', as though it knew that's where I'd be receiving it. I wondered if I should be wary, but out of curiosity, I opened it anyway. That was the day I got my acceptance letter to Hogwarts.

My dad thought it was some kind of sick joke, and told me to throw it away, but when I told my mother, her eyes got wide and she adopted this look of pure excitement. She practically ripped the letter out of my hands to read it herself. "You too?" she asked me joyfully. "My own daughter, a witch!" Dad shook his head and continued reading his paper, but mom went berserk, immediately phoning relatives. I think dad was sure my mom had gone crazy.

As it turns out, the letter was real, and I wasn't the only witch on the family tree. Apparently, Mom's sister married a wizard, and their twin son and daughter (my cousins) attended the school already. I had been accepted into the same weird boarding school they went to that taught them absolutely nothing. I was eleven years old, and whenever I asked them to help me with Maths or English work, they would look at me with blank stares; it didn't make sense for me to be smarter than them. Their school didn't teach them anything useful; now I knew that instead of real schoolwork, they were just learning magic tricks. So, of course, I had to go too. No real school for the rest of my school days? I'd be a fool to say no.

Gage and Andi, my cousins, came to visit shortly after that. They're both fifteen, with bright eyes and mischievous expressions. They call themselves the 'Modern Day Weasleys', but I have no idea what that means. Gage has swoopy blonde hair, and seems like the type that a lot of girls like, but Andi is the opposite. She's moody and angry and rebellious, with bright teal hair and tons of piercings. They seem like polar opposites, but they get along great, and share a heightened sense of humor. It's hard to tell when they're joking or not. As soon as she got through the door, Andi pulled me into a bone-shattering hug and squealed, "Welcome to the family!"

"I think I was welcomed into this family about eleven years ago, mate," I replied, breathless. "You're a little late!"

"You're really one of us now," Andi stated simply.

That week, they questioned me about my life, trying to figure out which 'house' I was to be in, but I really didn't know what they were going on about. Apparently Andi was in something called 'Gryffindor' and Gage was in something called 'Slytherin', and for some reason it gave them an incentive to fight constantly. After all their bickering, they still hadn't figured out which one I belonged in.

About a week before we were due to board the train in London, Andi and Gage's father took the three of us to get our school supplies. I wasn't sure where we were supposed to buy all the odd trinkets on my school supplies list, but I certainly never would have went looking for the things I needing in the run-down pub he took us to. Eventually, I found myself in a wonderful place they called 'Diagon Alley' and my first real experience with the Wizarding World began. Andi and Gage dragged me from place to place, buying me everything I needed, and then some. They even bought me a young barn owl, insisting that I would need one and would thank them later. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do with an owl for a pet, but I named him Obi-Wan. I had to make a reference to one of my favorite movies, and the owl just looked so...dignified. When I told Gage and Andi about what I named my owl, they exchanged a glance and both gave me a huge smile. "We have a plan," Andi confided, "and you just might be able to help us..." She left it at that, leaving me utterly confused. The coolest thing I got that day was my wand, by far. An 11" holly wand with a unicorn hair core. I was excited to learn how to use it, or watch someone else use a wand of their own, but Gage told me that he and Andi weren't allowed. Seeing my disappointment, my uncle used his wand to set Andi's hair on fire, and put the magic fire out again, leaving her unharmed. I couldn't wait to do the same thing, although they no doubt had restrictions on this sort of thing at Hogwarts, and I imagined it would be hard to conjure things so spontaneous like fire. I'd try though; I was never one to give up so easily.

Finally, after days and days of waiting excitedly and having the twins bug me, it was the day I'd been waiting ever-so-patiently for. I woke up early, made sure my trunk was packed tight, and then got into the car. My dad drove me to King's Cross Station, my mom weeping excitedly in the passenger seat. I was finally going to become a witch. I was finally going to Hogwarts. I had no idea what was in store but I was thrilled.

Andi and Gage were waiting for us with their parents on Platform 9. I checked my ticket to make sure we were in the right place, and raised my eyebrow when it said 9 and 3/4 instead. I looked quizzically at Gage and he just winked, tightening his grip on his trolley and running at the barrier between platform 9 and platform 10. Just when I was sure he was going to crash into the barrier, he disappeared. I looked to Andi, but she didn't seem surprised at all, and her parents just looked bored. Their son had vanished, and they looked bored. My parents hadn't even been watching, but they noticed Gage was gone and looked a little confused. Still, they made no effort to find him.

"What...what just happened?" I asked Andi in awe.

"Gage went to platform 9 and 3/4. The barrier is magic, and it will take you there. Go on, you next. I'll go after you." Seconds later, I was through the barrier. Instead of smashing my face like I thought I would, I had gone inside it, and it had taken me to a whole other platform full of people with large trunks and owls in cages. Gage beckoned me over to him, and after everyone arrived on the platform safely, Gage and his dad took the luggage onto the train while Andi and I said goodbye to my parents and her mom. My mother was crying again, and my dad looked like he might start at any time. Mother told me to send her tons of letters, and to tell her if I'd forgotten anything, because she'd send it right along. I looked around, and it seemed like everyone's mom was doing the same,so I felt slightly less embarrassed. Then the train blew it's whistle, and Andi dragged me aboard, pulling me to a carriage where Gage and another boy were already sitting and talking. Andi introduced him as Gabriel, a Gryffindor boy from her year. He looked nice, but he made me uneasy, like he was about to set off a bomb at any moment, or fill my truck with cockroaches. He had the sort of face that would put you on any teacher's radar the moment you walked in the room.

After my cousins chatted with their friend for a while, Andi patted me on the shoulder, and I returned my attention to them. "Sammie, we need your help this year," she told me with a grin. Her voice was sweet, but it made me feel like she was hiding something. It was Andi, after all.

"What do you mean?" I asked curiously.

"Well, the Wizarding World is pretty prejudiced," Gage admitted to me, beginning the explanation with little prompting. "'Blood Status' is a big thing at Hogwarts, and Purebloods tend to pick on Muggleborns, like you."

"Muggle-what?"

"Witches or wizards raised by non-magic people," Gabriel said disinterestedly. "So called 'Purebloods' come from wizarding families, and all their ancestors were magic."

"What are you, then?" I asked the three of them.

"We're all Half-Bloods," explained Gage. "Andi and I were raised like Muggles though, so we were basically Muggleborns when we got here. Gabriel, on the other hand, lived in the Wizard World his whole life, so he knows more than us, although he's fascinated by muggles."

"Anyway, there are a lot of Purebloods at Hogwarts who target Muggleborns," Andi continued for her brother, "and Muggleborns have to do a lot of adapting. We have to change out whole lifestyles, and for the purebloods, it's how they've been living for years. So this year we're going to shake things up."

"How so?" I demanded. I had to admit, I was nervous. I was a Muggleborn, and I really didn't want to be bullied, but I wasn't one to 'shake up the system'. I didn't want to cause trouble.

"We're going to Muggle-ify Hogwarts. Make the Purebloods feel alienated. Drop tons of references, talk about muggle-only stuff and confuse them for once," declared Andi happily.

Gage nodded and smiled. "We've been planning this for a while, and have a lot of people in on it. And you're going to help."


This chapter's muggleborn headcanons ( if any ) came from:

~tumblr user svartalfhild

The rest is just me I guess... Chapter 2 coming soon!

*Author's Note: The first chapter sucks, I know. Just bear with me, it will get better... I think...*